When the lights come up on Craig Wright's "Grace" - now at Next Act Theatre, under David Cecsarini's direction - a man is holding a gun to his head, having just murdered the woman and man sprawled nearby. We can guess what happened with this love triangle. But how? And why?

With the whodunit out of the way, "Grace" tries to answer those questions by taking us back three months and starting over. During the ensuing two hours, we'll move forward in time toward that climactic scene with which the play began. | April 6, 2013»Read Full Article

The Hank the Brewers dog bobblehead rumor is a little premature, said Tyler Barnes, Milwaukee Brewers vice president for communications.

"Yes, we have been flooded with requests for a Hank Bobblehead, along with requests to have Hank go to everyone's school, make Hank rally towels, travel for national media appearances, a publisher has pitched a series of children's books about his life, and on and on and on," Barnes said. "...Know that only a small fraction of the suggestions are appropriate." | March 19, 2014»Read Full Article(8)

Beverlee Brannigan and Erik Bilstad are the latest Journal Broadcast Group personnel moving into new positions that will add more to their plate.

Brannigan, formerly vice president of programing on Journal news and talk stations, has been made vice president in charge of JBG's six radio stations in Wichita. | March 19, 2014»Read Full Blog Post(1)

Local rock band Animals in Human Attire never specified exactly what animals the band's name refers to — but if we had to choose, we'd definitely say squirrels.

The band has a tendency to swiftly zig and zag, seemingly on impulse, through a series of tempo changes and musical curveballs on its forthcoming album "Ourmegadawn" (available beginning April 11 at shows, mamrecords.com and aiha.bandcamp.com). | March 19, 2014»Read Full Article

Few artists are as tied to their materials as potters, who work physically with mud, the stuff of the Earth, the stuff of which we're made. Ceramics is a forthright art form in its essence.

This week, one of the largest gatherings of artists anywhere on the planet takes place in Milwaukee, with as many as 5,000 ceramics artists and enthusiasts here for a national conference. | March 19, 2014»Read Full Article

"Pigeon Feathers," published in 1961 when the author was 29, is one of the half-dozen Updike stories I retained a strong impression of, from a past reading, before beginning this project. | March 19, 2014»Read Full Blog Post